The Health in Construction Leadership Group (HCLG) has expressed concern at worrying new figures which reveal the high risk of suicide associated with certain key construction jobs, as it called for a more consistent approach [read more…]
Royal Elm Park, the £500m landmark development adjacent to Reading Football Club’s Madejski Stadium, has been approved by Reading Borough Council, subject to conditions. The development will deliver a world-class convention centre, hundreds of new [read more…]
Heron Bros has won the Most Considerate Site at this year’s Considerate Constructors Scheme’s 2017 National Site Awards. This prestigious national accolade was for the Foyle College and Ebrington Primary School & Nursery, Londonderry. This [read more…]
Contracts have been signed and contractors are on site at Select Property Group’s second Vita Student residence in Southampton which is scheduled for delivery in September 2018. Morgan Sindall, the construction and infrastructure company, has [read more…]
Official start of bidding for £2.75bn contract to design, build and maintain high speed trains launched by HS2 Ltd. The competition has official begun for the £2.75bn contract to design, build and maintain Britain’s next [read more…]
The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF), the professional membership body for ergonomists and human factors, has highlighted the importance of Human Factors in Barrier Management. The process of barrier management ensures that [read more…]
The Equality Act 2010 sets a legislative framework for diversity in the workplace and provides legal protection for workers who may be discriminated against. No UK employer has a choice about adhering to that legislation. But [read more…]
Winning its largest contract to date, Hewaswater Engineering is helping to secure the future of clean water by providing the steel fabrication behind the new £60m state-of-the-art Mayflower water treatment works in Plymouth. Working alongside [read more…]
Ibstock, the UK’s largest brickmaker, has achieved ISO 14001 accreditation for its environmental management system at its Ibstock-Kevington factory in Sharpthrone – meaning all Ibstock’s UK production sites now hold this important Standard. ISO (International [read more…]
A national infrastructure specialist has signed up to a scheme that has developed an innovative new way to attract talent into the built environment industry. Robertson, one of the country’s largest independently owned construction, infrastructure [read more…]
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